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ESB

Solar farm output cut by half as renewables cop brunt of grid congestion
Some solar farms are losing half of their output due to grid congestion, as renewable cop the brunt of curtailment and markets fail to provide correct signals to storage.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 18, 2023

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Markets

Carbon credit scheme review falls short – and problems will continue to fester
An independent review of Australia’s controversial carbon credit system concluded it is largely sound. How the panel reached this conclusion is hard to fathom.
Andrew Macintosh & Don Butler

Jan 10, 2023

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Renewables

Australia needs much more solar and wind power, but where are the best sites?
Major new ANU report uses “heat maps” to identify which sites across Australia are – and are not – suitable for large-scale wind and solar projects.
Cheng Cheng, Andrew Blakers & Anna Nadolny

Dec 15, 2022

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Pumped Hydro

Batteries of gravity and water: We found 1,500 new pumped hydro sites next to existing reservoirs
New ARENA-backed research identifies 1,500 new “water and gravity battery” pumped hydro storage sites where one reservoir is already in place.
Andrew Blakers, Anna Nadolny & Ryan Stocks

Nov 11, 2022

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Governments

There’s a huge surge in solar production under way – and Australia could show the world how to use it
Australia is the global leader in finding straight forward solutions to the variability of solar power and wind. Here’s why.
Andrew Blakers

Sep 22, 2022

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Governments

ANU says flaws with Australia’s carbon offset scheme “irrefutable” as Coalition appointees resign
ANU researchers detail ‘irrefutable’ flaws with Australia’s carbon offset regime, as trio of Coalition appointees resigns from oversight committee.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 15, 2022

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Governments

“They are clearly afraid of scrutiny:” Dispute deepens over carbon offset integrity
Former head of Australia’s carbon offset watchdog defends claims most offsets lack integrity, and says regulators are “clearly afraid of scrutiny”.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 9, 2022

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Renewables

To triple transmission capacity, landowners and neighbours need to be paid more
Why should wind and solar farm hosts be paid much more than hosts of the transmission lines running from those wind and solar farms?
Andrew Blakers

May 31, 2022

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Battery

Neighbourhood Batteries: To bring power to the people, you need to listen to what they want
Does the value of neighbourhood batteries stack up? And do they cut emissions? Local communities will want to know.
Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Marnie Shaw, Wendy Russell & Louise Bardwell

May 25, 2022

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Policy & Planning

“Fossil fuels are a dead end:” UN chief says coal, oil and gas subsidies a “scandal”
UN chief says fossil fuel subsidies are a scandal as latest WMO report paints grim picture on climate change.
Michael Mazengarb

May 19, 2022

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